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At Check These Out!, each month you will find a few recently published or upcoming titles that are worth “checking out” from the library.
Put away the plastic skeletons and styrofoam headstones. November is upon us—let the holiday film season begin. There’s always a slew of major releases that come out this time of year, so read on for a sneak peek of brand-new movies that are based on books!
At Check These Out!, each month you will find a few recently published or upcoming titles that are worth “checking out” from the library.
There’s not much going on this month in terms of new movies based on books. There’s Joker and The Addams Family, but those are based on comic book/cartoon characters, not book-length works of fiction.
Over the centuries, various forms of expression have been banned or destroyed, and their creators have been censored, imprisoned, tortured, killed, exiled.
The Los Angeles Public Library has an extensive digital catalog that allows patrons to download a near-endless collection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and comics.
On every September 18, readers around the world share their love of e-books during Read an E-Book Day. You can celebrate by sharing a post about your favorite e-book with the hashtag #ebooklove on your social media accounts.
At Check These Out!, each month you will find a few recently published or upcoming titles that are worth “checking out” from the library.
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.
Matt Porterfield has written and directed four feature films, all set in his hometown of Baltimore.